{"id":17415,"date":"2026-05-15T11:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/?page_id=17415"},"modified":"2026-06-04T11:22:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:22:24","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/health-professions-education-m-a\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Health Professions Education, M.A.<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"M.A., HPE\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-m-a-hpe\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-17402\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-17402\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/health-professions-education-m-a\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-17401\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-17401\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/health-professions-education-m-a\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-17413\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-17413\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/health-professions-education-m-a\/admission-and-fees\/\">Admission and Fees<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-17417\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-17417\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/academics\/health-professions-education-m-a\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program Director<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/meet\/kathy-peno\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/kathy-peno-6-26.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/kathy-peno-6-26.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/kathy-peno-6-26-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/kathy-peno-6-26-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/kathy-peno-6-26-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/meet\/kathy-peno\/\">Kathy Peno<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Adult Education<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.523.1477<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:kgugs@uri.edu\">kgugs@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Bobby-Gondola.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Bobby-Gondola.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Bobby-Gondola-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Bobby-Gondola-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Bobby-Gondola-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Bobby Gondola<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Rita-Kenahan-headshot.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Rita-Kenahan-headshot.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Rita-Kenahan-headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Rita-Kenahan-headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Rita-Kenahan-headshot-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Rita Kenahan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Adjunct Faculty<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:rita_kenahan@uri.edu\">rita_kenahan@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Kayon-Murray-Johnson.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Kayon-Murray-Johnson.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Kayon-Murray-Johnson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Kayon-Murray-Johnson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Kayon-Murray-Johnson-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\">Kayon Murray-Johnson<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Associate Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Adult Education<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4159<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:k_murray@uri.edu\">k_murray@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Thomas-Newman.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Thomas-Newman.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Thomas-Newman-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/Thomas-Newman-150x150.jpg 150w, 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